Science is reliable.
Right?
I mean, when a scientist says something, it’s the truth.
Guaranteed.
Reproducibility is a pretty big deal in science.
Scientists like it when experiments give the same results over and over.
There are several reasons:
- Scientists like to understand how stuff works
- Scientists believe the truth benefits mankind
- Scientific discoveries can lead to lots of money
These are good reasons!
Curiosity is good.
Revealing the truth is good.
Making money is good.
…wait…you didn’t know scientists get paid?
Did you think they just enjoy wearing lab coats and fooling around with test tubes?
Well, that may be true.
It is also true that scientists need food, clothing, and shelter.
Research shows that money is the most efficient way to obtain those things.
I’m not a scientist, but I have a theory.
Sometimes, people will fudge the truth in order to get money.
My theory lines up with this article which features actual scientists:
The problem, it turned out, was not with…science, but with the way the scientific literature had been “tidied up” to present a much clearer, more robust outcome.
“What we see in the published literature is a highly curated version of what’s actually happened,” he says.
“The trouble is that gives you a rose-tinted view of the evidence because the results that get published tend to be the most interesting, the most exciting, novel, eye-catching, unexpected results.”
Please, please, please, please, pleeeeeaaaasee…
…don’t overreact.
I’m not saying ALL science is useless propaganda created to line the pockets of giant corporations.
I’m not saying ALL scientists are dishonest liars.
But I am saying that ALL scientists are human beings.
You can believe Science is infallible.
But human beings are not.
The article reveals how difficult it is to do proper science.
And that is proper science.
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I wish I could post privately.
Research can be amazing (and should only be published if it’s reproducible). Pure research, and elegantly-designed experiments to learn truth, is a great joy! It’s a Scientist’s equivalent to mountain climbing, skydiving, etc…
In today’s research environment where most research is funded by deep-pocketed entities with agendas; corruption and evil, can run rough-shod over Truth.
As a scientist, and having seen some evil done within the field, I have greater faith in God than I ever will in “scientific results” published by corporate-funded research.
God can never be corrupted!
Why would you want to post that privately?
Not that.
I just saw some bad stuff in the research field that substantiated your post, but it’s stuff I really don’t want to put in a public post.
I thought a lot about it, knowing you’d probably enjoy hearing someone say, “You’re right, John!”
I also thought that since you’re a comedian, perhaps I shouldn’t mention some bad/sad stuff that goes on. (It’s a strong protective instinct.) Not a full answer, but hope it will do😊
I am very supportive of your post here today, John. I had this conversation about degrees of confidence on KIA’s blog with several people. I could not get the concept into their brain that we still don’t have 100% certainty of any scientific claims. Scientific research does not claim 100% confidence and requires confidence intervals. Not to mention, most headlines about “science” have to do with the interpretation of the data and even extrapolation, which is awful practice.
You couldn’t get the atheists to admit that SCIENCE isn’t 100% certain? I’m shocked!
As you said, we don’t ever have 100% certainty with science. We don’t have 100% certainty with anything. That’s why faith is an important part of all knowledge.
Yup! That is the exact point I was trying to make. I thought a single post would be sufficient to get at least to there… At least five back and forth messages and we never did…
PS. I don’t know if you have disabled commenting in certain apps (I use Android and windows), but I have found the other blogs much easier to comment on and reply directly into a thread. Not that this is a democracy, but I’m just putting that out there.
I second that comment!
I have problems commenting with my phone, too…
The other WordPress blogs are easier to comment on? Do you have a blog I can reference?
Yours doesn’t have “reply” buttons for all comments… Just some.
Do you have an example of a blog that has reply buttons everywhere…popping out of their ears…shooting out of their butts…?
No. I can’t say I do…
But I think I can reply to everyone on Mel’s.
It may be a limitation of my theme, which I can fix by changing themes.
It may also be a limitation of whatever app you’re using on your phone, which I cannot fix.
I don’t think I can respond to every comment on Mel’s blog…
So, I think it’s fixed – it looks different on the phone now… I can now type a comment, but apparently it won’t allow me to actually post it ^_^. I feel it may have to do with the change occurring during the discussion? I’ll let you know if it’s fixed during a future post and tell you that you are awesome then. ^_^
I think that is driven by how many levels you enable or something. And that is the entire depth of my technical expertise.
I think you’re right, Wally.
I’m searching around to find the nested reply setting…I’m not a technical guy either.
Hey! I can help with that much LOL. On the dashboard, under settings, then discusion. Go me!
Thanks, Wally.
From what I read, this doesn’t give a direct reply on every comment. I’m installing a plug-in to see if I can improve the comment flexibility….stay tuned.
No prob John. I just discovered Dropbox today, and you gave me a chance to use it!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kqxe9bbkwvr73ki/Discussion.JPG?dl=0
More specifically, I can no longer comment from the WordPress app or receive notifications there, which allows me to respond to comments like it has a reply button. I used to be able to, but when you changed domains several months back it stopped.
I can still do all these things on Danica’s, Kia’s, and Gary’s blogs.
Hmmm….I think the WordPress app might just need to have the new blog address: https://johnbranyan.com/media/blog/
I’m tinkering with some settings to see if I can get a direct reply button to show up on every comment…
Check it now.
Be sure to tell me I’m awesome….
Until you find me a perfect human with substantial proof that said human is perfect by a nonexistent standard, and whom also happens to be a scientist, your science is null and void.
Yes. Something like that.
… Who also happens to be a scientist WHO ISN’T A CHRISTIAN.
Very important requirement.
Oh yeah, sorry I forgot about that one very important stipulation. They have to be perfect, but definitely NOT Christian.